NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Ageing

Area-level socioeconomic inequalities in activities of daily living disability-free life expectancy in England: a modelling study

by mdnmslw7 | Mar 20, 2025 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Publications

Investigating inequalities in relation to disability free life expectancy

Understanding transitions in ageing: changes in our need for care and support

by Web team (LB) | Jul 30, 2024 | Care, Current projects, Disability, Long term conditions, Prevention

Laying the foundation for a framework to track changes in the difficulties older people experience with daily activities over time.

Regional and sociodemographic inequalities in disability incidence

by Web team (LB) | Jul 30, 2024 | Current projects, Disability, Inequality, Prevention

It is important to understand differences in rates of disability across England, particularly for healthcare planning and promoting healthy ageing that is fair for everyone.

Trends in life expectancy and healthy life years at birth and age 65 in the UK, 2008–2016, and other countries of the EU28

by Web team (DM) | Apr 2, 2024 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Calculating and comparing sex-specific healthy life years, unhealthy life years (ULY), and mild and severe ULY at birth and age 65.

Health interventions and the unseen impact on equality

by Web Team (CJ) | Jan 1, 2023 | Disability, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Exploring how well the evidence base helps to narrow the inequality gap in disability-free life expectancy.

Projections of dependency and associated social care expenditure for the older population in England to 2038: effect of varying disability progression

by Web Team (CJ) | Jul 1, 2022 | Care, Disability, Economics, Healthy ageing, Publications

Assessing the effect of recent stalling of life expectancy and various scenarios for disability progression on projections of social care expenditure between 2018 and 2038.

A comparison over two decades of disability-free life expectancy at age 65 years for those with long term conditions in England: Analysis of the two longitudinal Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies.

by Web Team (CJ) | Mar 1, 2022 | Disability, Long term conditions, Publications

Estimating disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) trends for older people with a broad number of health conditions.

The contribution of multiple long-term conditions to widening inequalities in disability-free life expectancy over two decades: Longitudinal analysis of two cohorts using the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies.

by Web Team (CJ) | Sep 1, 2021 | Disability, Inequality, Long term conditions, Publications

Using longitudinal data to assess whether multiple long-term conditions contribute to the widening disability-free life expectancy inequalities by socioeconomic deprivation.

Healthy ageing for all? Comparisons of socioeconomic inequalities in health expectancies over two decades in the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies I and II

by Web Team (CJ) | Jun 1, 2021 | Disability, Healthy ageing, Inequality, Life expectancy, Publications

Using longitudinal data to better understand trends in disability-free life expectancy and years independent by socioeconomic status, and how underlying transitions contribute.